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    Flip flops

    For about a decade Reef had about the best combination of durability and comfort in the mass market. Others have found their way into the mass market place and give Reef a lot of competition. For the money the Scott brand is hard to beat.
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    What watch you're wearing?

    The Mickey Soprano watch today. It has a hologram sunburst dial.
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    What watch you're wearing?

    Good score. You have a lot of batteries you can salvage from the watches you don't end up liking too.
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    Flip flops

    The Makaha are great slippah's Scott Mokupuni get more comfy each time they're worn.
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    Living the good life :)

    Oh, plant away mon-fraire. Just be prepared to declare war on your clump of bamboo some day.
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    Living the good life :)

    No, it was a guy named Robin 😱 who wanted the wall of bamboo to hide his pot plant garden in the 1970's. For real. He got raided one day and spent the next 20 years in jail. When the house sold in the 90's the new owner destroyed the bamboo but by then it had spread a football field in both...
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    Living the good life :)

    When I was a kid a friend's mom planted a small patch of bamboo at the rear of their property that butted up against a transfer railroad track. Today the bamboo is no longer in that back yard but there is a wall of it about a mile long lining the back yards along the now abandoned railroad...
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    Music to the Marrow (To What Are You Listening?)

    Such a great album this one was.
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    Need a switch for 4D maglite, D prefix

    Post 3 mentioned used lights are less expensive. eBay is a good source. 2D to 6D all use the same switch. And yes the switch can be disassembled. My post answered the original question, plus it includes the special tools needed. I didn't say it was not expensive. With duck duck go the...
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    What watch you're wearing?

    Soon a piece of surfing history will be on my wrist. From a time when the "boogie board" phenomenon began. Surfing began long ago when island royalty saw people returning from fishing riding waves in their boat. Some king decided to do it standing on a slab of wood. Europeans saw it and...
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    Need a switch for 4D maglite, D prefix

    https://www.amazon.com/MagLite-D-Cell-Switch-Assembly-108-000-208/dp/B00A1BIVD6?tag=cpf0b6-20
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    Butter and Bread and Sandwiches Oh My! (II)

    Here's a little known fact: Get it? Sinko-o-demayo? :crackup:
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    More EV fires after salt water flooding

    you once asked me where is there a reliable news source. Today I heard of a story where a zoo in China is painting dogs to look like pandas. An internet search reveals dozens and dozens of so called reliable news sources accusing the zoo of that. Some even providing methods of how it can be...
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